Property market
The five-year median is £650,196 from 2 recorded sales in MK42 0ZU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bedford is £329,830 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.
MK42 0ZU
Shortstown · Bedford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bedford
- Ward
- Shortstown
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Postcode district
- MK42
- Postcode sector
- MK42 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- MK42 0ZU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- MK
- Postcode district
- MK42
- Postcode sector
- MK42 0
- Latitude
- 52.110582
- Longitude
- -0.414664
- British National Grid easting
- 508,661
- British National Grid northing
- 246,990
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Bedford · E06000055
- Electoral ward
- Shortstown · E05014515
- Parish or community
- E04012997
- Westminster constituency
- North Bedfordshire · E14001384
- Output area
- E00088286
- Lower layer super output area
- Bedford 021D · E01034429
- Middle layer super output area
- Bedford 021 · E02007010
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore MK42
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Johnston Avenue, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0ZU | 5 December 2024 | £370,000 |
| 2, Johnston Avenue, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0ZU | 20 December 2023 | £930,391 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 32
- Primary
- 19
- Secondary
- 6
- 1.1 km
Shortstown Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.7 km
Cotton End Forest School
Community school
- 2.3 km
Sheerhatch Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 504
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 189
- Shoplifting 78
- Anti social behaviour 58
- Vehicle crime 33
- Other theft 30
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- MK42 0 residents
- 15,677
Age bands in MK42 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.8%
3,426 residents
1,859 residents
5,055 residents
3,724 residents
1,704 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
within 5 km straight-line
BEDOC HEALTHCARE
UNIT 16, STEPHENSON COURT, FRASER ROAD, BEDFORD, MK44 3WJ
ODS code Y06153
2.0 km
LONDON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
84-86 LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 0NT
ODS code E81019
3.6 km
PUTNOE MEDICAL CENTRE PARTNERSHIP
93 QUEENS DRIVE, BEDFORD, MK41 9JE
ODS code E81029
4.5 km
GOLDINGTON AVENUE SURGERY
85 GOLDINGTON AVENUE, BEDFORD, MK40 3DB
ODS code E81047
4.6 km
THE DE PARYS GROUP
ENHANCED SERVICES CENTRE, BEDFORD HEALTH VILLAGE, 3 KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2NT
ODS code E81037
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Mason Road
BCT · Shortstown
- 0.5 miles
The Kings Arms
BCT · Cardington
- 0.5 miles
The Kings Arms
BCT · Cardington
- 0.5 miles
Potter Meadows
BCT · Shortstown
- 0.5 miles
St Marys Church
BCT · Cardington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bedford 021D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,036 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Schools
32 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 6 secondary schools. Shortstown Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
504 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 189 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.